Existential Stories

A police chief in a sleepy town doesn't expect much from life-until a murder disrupts his quiet routine. A story about aging, routine, unrealized dreams, and late surpri...

A haunting reflection on solitude and self-exploration. This piece takes you into the corridors of the mind, where affliction, memory, and self-realization intertwine. A...

But a poppy like a little fire in my hand? © Z. T. Corley, 2025

"Everyone gets their moment in the spotlight. But not everyone knows how to live after the lights go out." Marcus Laird was once a celebrated writer the creato...

A poetic tale of secrets kept by the sea and the soul. In a summer café, Laura drifts through the world in silence. A torn ad and a missed meeting pull her into a quiet...

A man sits lethargically in front of his screen, trapped in a cycle of thoughtlessness and lack of motivation. But suddenly, a spark stirs - an idea that could change ev...

In the world he created, he can be anyone. A hero, a lover, a friend, everything he want. In an era where VR technology can craft worlds as vivid as imagination and as d...

In the hush between thought and voice, the soul begins to speak. In this opening volume of The Soul Almanac, the silence is not empty-it is echoing. Each poem is a whisp...

Life is rarely what it seems. In this reflective series, each story unpacks the hidden meanings behind everyday struggles, thoughts, and emotions-through metaphor, philo...

In a future shaped by collapse and calculation, humanity no longer uses money, but time. Every citizen's lifespan is stored on a personal Chrono Clock-counting down with...

"Do you want to go to the end?" "No, I only want to find the edge." Presley wants to leave that's all that she wants but having no where to go she d...

In a world consumed by desire and cloaked in illusion, there exists an angel not born to live - but to kill. Stripped of fear, numb to joy, Somnus is a weapon shaped by...

All the things I wrote in no particular order

This is the story of me, Mali. A normal girl just wanting to live in a world that wanted nothing more than to eat me alive, either that be by leaving me behind and gnawi...

In a world full of noise, this is a book about the quiet. Told through the eyes of an unnamed narrator, When Silence Begins to Speak is a deeply reflective journey throu...

A collection of poems, written between sips of coffee and suicides

Sometimes saiki isn't real. "Hmm, slice-of-life with a somewhat psychological thriller undertone, and mystery" - helper of the story 18+ and above do not read...

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:- 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗽�...

**"Crown of Ashes"** Before the beginning, there was nothing. Before Heaven, before Hell, before time itself-there was only silence. Then came the first li...

This is not religious in any way. The title is just a title. A Timekeeper a fourth-dimensional being created to serve the Upper Complex, the godlike source of all existe...